GLEN ALLEN, VA--(Marketwire - January 20, 2010) - Smart Grid Analysis, a newly formed practice
within leading industry analyst firm NanoMarkets, today announced that it
has added a new report to its schedule titled, "Smart Grid Market
Opportunities: The Impact of Government Policies and Regulations." The
report will be available in early February of 2010. For additional
details please visit the firm's website at www.smartgridanalysis.com. An
excerpt from the report is available upon request.

About the Report:

Smart Grids represent a complete rethinking of the electricity grid
technology and deployment for the needs of the 21st Century. They promise
enhanced energy efficiency at a time when everyone expects energy prices to
increase and they also promise enhanced grid security at a time when the
world remains concerned about terrorist attacks. Smart Grids also imply a
modernization of the traditional grid to accommodate the unique energy
generation patterns associated with alternative energy sources.

Smart Grid Analysis believes that Smart Grids currently represents a major
opportunity for a wide variety of businesses ranging from transmission
equipment firms, through manufacturers of communications and metering
equipment, down to firms that make advanced materials. However, like all
major infrastructure projects, the new business revenues that are likely to
flow from the deployment of Smart Grids will depend heavily on government
policy. And governments in the U.S., Canada, Europe, China and Australia,
among other nations and regions, are now following similar visions as a way
of addressing energy independence, climate change and network survivability
issues.

As a result, Smart Grid Analysis believes that to fully exploit the
opportunities that Smart Grids present, firms will have to have an in depth
understanding of the commercial impact of government Smart Grid policies.
Only through such an understanding will businesses be able to distinguish
between hype and real revenue potential and be able to set realistic time
frames and strategies for their Smart Grid businesses. Smart Grid firms
will also have to think beyond legislation and regulation specifically
aimed at Smart Grids; there will also be impacts on Smart Grid businesses
stemming from more general approaches to energy policy, as we all as from
communications and national defense policies.

Bearing all this in mind, the major goal of this report is to analyze and
quantify the opportunities that are growing out of current
policy-regulatory-legislative efforts related to the smart grid. The focus
of the report is on activities in the U.S., but opportunities and
activities in other major industrial countries will also be discussed. This
report will be essential reading for product managers, strategic planners
and marketing managers at electric transmission equipment companies,
metering firms, communications equipment companies and power companies, as
well as the many other kinds of firms that are becoming involved in the
development of Smart Grids. In addition, we believe that the information
contained in this report will be of vital interest to the policy,
investment and legal communities.

About Smart Grid Analysis:

The mission of Smart Grid Analysis is to provide comprehensive and
actionable industry analysis of the emerging Smart Grid market that clients
can leverage to meet their business and technology objectives. The data is
available in our market research reports, white papers and consulting
engagements or through one-on-one engagements with our analysts. Visit us
on the web at www.smartgridanalysis.com.

About NanoMarkets:

NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities created by
developments in advanced materials. Visit www.nanomarkets.net for a full
listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.